Ensuring employees are well compensated following the cuts, Google says it will provide “generous severance packages, as well as outplacement services to help the employees find new jobs.” All of this is expected to cost the company $275 million, which will be shown in Google’s third fiscal quarter, with further costs being realised by the end of the year.

The company says it cannot “currently predict the amount of these other charges” but expects them to be significant.

If you missed our earlier report on the Motorola Mobility cuts, the SEC filing confirms Google’s plans to cut its 20,000-strong workforce by 20%, reducing its headcount by 4,000 employees (with a third of them set to occur in the US). Motorola Mobility will “close or consolidate” around a third of its 90 facilities around the world and shift its “emphasis from feature phones to more innovative and profitable devices.”